Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1930, Page 4

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10D CAR STol . of Auto Fails to fgeveal Missing Articles. B a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., March 21.—An automobile containing $12,000 in Government checks, an amount of cash and valuable surveyors’ instruments was stolen from W, A. Pate, Rockville contractor, yes- terday afternoon and recovered several hours later in Martinsburg, W. Va., but. checks, money and. instruments weére not located. Arlington Cgunty police, who broad- cast a description of the car, were ad- vised today that the driver of the car was under arrést in. Martinsburg, but that careful segreh of the car failed to wps assisting Thomas N. 10 ‘making a sewerage survey near Park Lane yesterday after- noon, a thief forced the hinges off the door of the automobile as it stood on the Spout Run Bridge and drove it off. Advices from Martinsburg authorities today were that a man identified as ‘Thomas Wardrop of Klupmont, Pa. said by military authorities at Fort Myer, Va., to be a deserter from that | ! post, was arrested for speeding there last night and that the description of the automobile tallied with that brosd- cast by the police. Policeman John R. Burke of the Arlington County police, left today to return Wardrop here. Pate reported that the Government{ ds checks represented payment for a S0 WO | ¥ police re- nt had been ntly by use of a hack- automobile reached that le after the driver rted stolen. Identification h & Per'lhn:ylunlg operator's permit found on man' person ‘fleruhe had given another name. Two automatic pistols which Pate said were in the car were not found by Mar- tinsburg police. e Births Reported. The following births have been reported to the Health Department in the past 24 hours: Emanuel and Louella A. Chapman, boy. Jame: nd T, Theodore and Ruth Everett A. and Borotly urra; an Johi B, ‘and Agnes E. Clark ard J. rge J. and Leah P. o john N._ and Rebecca G._ Ankers, boy. Harold K. and Frances E. Heiss, boy. Frank and Lydia Yates, @irl. Louis H, and Eveyn Mino guen aid Annie ‘hauncey and Grace Grass, bo) Deaths Reported. ‘The following deaths have been reported to the Health Department in the past 24 hours: Annie L. Neff, 79, 1221 Decatur st. 1016 H_st. mes B. May, 7 William J. Hinwood, 72, 1523 Ogden st. N Dingley, 67, 3715 Livingston st. A srh‘mgcn. 67, 1321 Belmont 721 6th st. Tub.!clll"flh ospital. : s i PH:'B’;’:E(} b a0 St it e, e Ywesiey. 3. st l?:';r:mx.n' Barbour, 53, Tuberculosls Hos- Walter Smith. 36, St Elizabeth's Hospital, ‘williams. 1, s 4 months, Children's Hos- :nxdnt-n(!“ Georse and Barsh Washinston, lays. cLean st. s.w. Jnfant. of Robert, and’ Florence Bell, 8 st 20 of and Viola Simms, Gal- CANPES LAVER, BES AT RESDENCE Former Internal Revenue So- licitor Will Be Buried Tomorrow. Carl A. Mapes, well known Washing- ton attorney and former solicitor of the Internal Revenue Bureau, died yes- terday at his home, 3932 Huntington street. The funeral will he held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the residence, with only the family and in- timate friends in attendance. Rev. Hez Swem will officiate and interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Mapes’ college fraternity of Sigma Chi will have charge of the service at the reside. A native of Albion, Mich.,, where he was born in 1888, Mr. Mapes came here in 1907 as a secretary to the late Sen- ator Townsend of Michigan. He studied at the George Washington Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1914, serving for three years thereafter as an assistant corporation counsel of the District. Mr. Mapes then took a position with the Interstate Commerce Commission and in 1919 became . ssistant to John B. Payne, general counsel of the rail- road administrator, He left this position to become assistant solicitor of the In- ternal Revenue Bureau and in 1920 was made solicitor. Two years later Mr. Mapes entered the practice of private law. unl‘ll' apes had been ill only a brief e, monia. In addition to his wife, who was Miss Edna Royer, he is survived by a son, Carl A. Mapes, jr.; his parents, Mr, and E.| last_night. nd his death was due to pneu- | gai . = (HAIT| COMMISSION BOLD BOOTLEGGER STEALS OWN CAR, SEIZED BY POLICE ___(Continued From First Page) the whisky was stored away, a smoke- screen attachment unbolted and held for evidence and the car parked safely behind a patrol wagon & police car. m:leurs‘c!;‘oqmlke assurance doubly strong, the officer removed the distributer head from the rum car. That was at 9:30 “That looks like the car,” the patrol- man said, “which smoked us three times last Weekt olxt" Eighteenth street. I'm glad we gof " '<Y§s," his ;‘:zm replied, “you did ood job of it.” s ’%nlnn’s were quiet around the precinct until 4 o'clock this morning. Then the telephone rang. “There’s been a bloody murder at — Capitol avenue northeast!” an excited voice informed Pvt. Vernon Estridge, n clerk. S(ATU:! address mentioned had been raided on several occasions and no one was surprised to hear there was trouble mfio officers were quickly detailed to the patrol wagon, and another to the emergency ¢ar. They g:(;:: off rapidly, ving the rum car ex| b l“Be‘?o‘re the officers could return, with the report that not even a popgun had been fired at the address in question, the thief backed another car to the rage door, attached a towrope and made off with the rum car, “Well,” said some one, ‘now I know why that fellow was so anxious to get his wheel back!” 10 SEE PRESIDENT Drafting of Formal Report to Start After Conference This Afternoon. By the Associated Press. Drafting of a formal report recom- mending withdrawal of American Ma- rines from Haiti as soon as possible is expected to be the first work of the Forbes Haitian Investigating Commis- sion after its call upon President Hoover at 3 p.m. today at the White House. Returning from the island by way of Florida, the commission arranged the visit to the Chief Jixecutive as its first business in the Capital. Since its departure six weeks ago it has taken | Iine. 58 xl-f.ens‘ to set up a provisionai govern- ent. Just yesterday Eugene Roy was ap- proved as tem| resident of Hlfli by an assembly of the people’s dele- gates of the republic. He will take office May 15, when the term of President Borno expires. Borno had expected re-election despite outspoken opposition from many politi- cal forces. The commission now has to present pointment “When and how we are to withdra from Maiti” ‘The second question, in President Isgvver. was, shall do in the meantime.” Mr. Hoover's view on withdrawal of the Marines was disclosed at that time, when he said that “Certainly we shall withdraw our Marines and officials sometime.” However, he pointed out that under the treaty of 1915 Ameri- can forces covld remain in the country until 1936, ————— Among 20 valuable first editions stolen from the automobile of Maj. Hartley Clark, at Sussex, England, recently, were “Our Mutual Priend,’ 'by Dickens, “The Pirate,” by Scott, “The Traveler,” by Goldsmith, and “Enoch Arden” and “Maud,” by Tennyson. - SLIP COVERS and 8 Tasteners, tallored to your furniture, ne material $16.50. Write of Dhone B L. ISHERN O s sk the opin! “What we snap ineluaing FURNITURE RENTING OFFICE FURNITURE 616 ESLN.W. NAtional 9136 Handmade for SOL HERZOG, Inc. 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